342 61. PRIMULACEJE. 



Stigma capitate. Rarely the scape is wanting and the fl. are 

 amongst the leaves. North of England and South of Scotland. 

 P. VI. VII. Bird's-eye Primrose. E. S. 



5. P. aoof u (flook.) ; 1. obovate-lanceolate, cat. swollen, teeth 

 short ovate blunt, cor. -limb flat its segments broadly obcordate 

 approximate half the length of the tube, caps, scarcely exceed- 

 iug calyx. E. B. S. 2608. Half as large as the preceding. 

 Umbellate. FL bluish purple with a yellow centre. Germen 

 globose. Stigma with 5 points. Rarely scape wanting. Sandy 

 heaths of the extreme North of Scotland. P. V. VIII. S. 



3. CYC'LAMEN Linn. Sow-bread. 



Jl. C. heder&folium (Ait.); 1. cordate-ovate angular den- 

 ticulate, cor.-throat 5-angled, sep. ovate acuminate denticulate. 

 Sy. E. B. 1136, 1137. St. a large depressed tuber. L. after 

 the fl., with wavy white blotches above. Fl. pink with a red 

 base (rarely white in ft.JicariifoUum Sy. E. B. 548). Fr.-ped. 

 rolled up spirally. Woods near the borders of East Sussex and 

 Kent ! Mr. W. "W. Sounders. P. VIII. E. 



4. LYSIMA'CHIA Linn. Loose-strife. 



1. L. thyrsiflora (L.) ; racemes axillary stalked dense, L oppo- 

 site lanceolate. E. B. 176. St. 1 2 ft. high. Fl. small, very 

 many. Cor. divided almost to its base into narrow segments 

 separated by minute teeth, yellow and as well as the cal. spotted 

 with orange. Stam. combined below into a short ring. Marshes 

 in the North. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



2. L. vulgar is (L.) ; st. erect, panicles compound term inal and 

 axillary, L ovate or ovate-lanceolate nearly sessile opposite or 3 or 

 4 in a whorl, cor.-segments entire with glabrous ed^es, stam. 5 

 combined through of their length. -E. B. 761. St. 23 feet 

 high. L. variable in size, shape and pubescence. Panicle much 

 branched or nearly simple. Fl. yellow. Starved forms pass for 

 L. punctata. Sides of rivers and pools. P. VII. E. S. I. 



iL. punctata (L.) ; st. erect, ped. axillary opposite or whorled 

 ., 1. ovate-lanceolate slightly stalked opposite or whorled, 

 upper 1. narrower, cor.-segm. ovate glandidar-ciliate, stam. 5 

 combined below. Sy. E. B. 1142. L. verticillata Bieb. -St. 

 1 1| ft. high. St. and 1. downy. Sep. narrowly lanceolate. 

 Cor. yoliow. Ped. rarely branched, downy, falling short of 

 leave*, Dulverton, Devon ! Hingham, Norf. ! P. VI. VII.] E. 



